LG's New SMART Monitor Inspires New Lifestyles Full of Convenience and Flexibility

[Octavean]

@Octavean
why?
for many on this planet, its not about saving a buck, if the product is a better match for their "needs".

example
not sure if you have kids, but maybe a relative, so go and ask your "6y old niece",
why she doesnt want that blue bike which is bigger/better/faster and cheaper,
that cheaper than the pink small one she wants..

seems many forgot this planet has +7 billion ppl, so "your" not always the benchmark for what products are being offered.

Point well taken, some people do want an inferior product for superficial reasons And there isn’t much anyone can do about it.

Look, I’m not against something like this existing. I just don’t want it to become virtually the only option on offer which is akin to what has happened in the 4K UHDTV industry. Options are good, otherwise everyone gets the “small pink” one whether they like it or not.

For what it’s worth, I kind of like WebOS and have three LG 4K Smart TV and a couple of LG 4K (dumb) monitors. That doesn’t mean I want to WebOS all the things though,…..Still options are good,…..experimentation is good too,…

 

[OlivierH85]

Point well taken, some people do want an inferior product for superficial reasons And there isn’t much anyone can do about it.

Look, I’m not against something like this existing. I just don’t want it to become virtually the only option on offer which is akin to what has happened in the 4K UHDTV industry. Options are good, otherwise everyone gets the “small pink” one whether they like it or not.

For what it’s worth, I kind of like WebOS and have three LG 4K Smart TV and a couple of LG 4K (dumb) monitors. That doesn’t mean I want to WebOS all the things though,…..Still options are good,…..experimentation is good too,…

That's fine, your way of using things will become dinosaur soon enough so your condescendency will turn into irony.

Smart TVs/monitors are the future, they are just way more convenient.

 

[claes]

The best way to call someone out for alleged condescension is to do so by condescending them

 

[trsttte]

Smart TVs/monitors are the future, they are just way more convenient.

The average life span of a TV or monitor is around 10 years. Some of the services these "smart" TVs/monitors have probably won't exist for that long and LG/others will definitily not offer software support for anywhere near that long (the average is around 2 or 3 years).

See the problem? Maybe once more devices start hitting this wall in mass regulators will do something about it. At least google tv (2022 rebrand from android tv) is coming with a "dumb tv" mode that hopefully you only need to set once and not everytime there's a power cycle.

 

[OlivierH85]

The best way to call someone out for alleged condescension is to do so by condescending them

Exactly, fight fire with fire.

The average life span of a TV or monitor is around 10 years. Some of the services these "smart" TVs/monitors have probably won't exist for that long and LG/others will definitily not offer software support for anywhere near that long (the average is around 2 or 3 years).

See the problem? Maybe once more devices start hitting this wall in mass regulators will do something about it. At least google tv (2022 rebrand from android tv) is coming with a "dumb tv" mode that hopefully you only need to set once and not everytime there's a power cycle.

I don't know what you are on about : as long as your apps work, there is no 'need' for software update. I think you have no idea what you are talking about.
I use my apps more than I watch regular TV channels and that's becoming the norm so yea, dinosaur man. And there is a normal TV mode inside my OLED smart TV, what the hell are you talking about ?

 

[Waldorf]

@OlivierH85
i have no problem with ":smart", but it becomes one when i have to see advertising (home screen),
or that i have to login with (google) account to use anything past physical inputs.
if i want the tv to "access" the web, shouldn't require more than internet connection.,
nor all the pre-installed crap, and pre-applied settings to "broadcast" my data...

 

[OlivierH85]

@OlivierH85
i have no problem with ":smart", but it becomes one when i have to see advertising (home screen),
or that i have to login with (google) account to use anything past physical inputs.
if i want the tv to "access" the web, shouldn't require more than internet connection.,
nor all the pre-installed crap, and pre-applied settings to "broadcast" my data...

I have no advertising on my LG OLED TV. Ads can be disabled in the options. ALso I don't need a Google account, fortunetaly, this OS doesn't wok with crappy Android layers.
So I have no idea what your rant is about. You probably never used one. Or maybe a crappy/cheap one but crappy 'non smart' TVs exist as well.

 

[claes]

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[Waldorf]

if you go over it again. never said webOs needs a google account,
was talking about SMART (moni/tv), but should have included that things like "suggestion" (content) etc, are like "advertising" to me.

worked more than 10y in retail with tv walls having all major brands incl LG.
owned one for about a week, before returning it, as webOS is as annoying to me (changing settings on the fly etc),
as Samsungs motion processing for picture, to the point that i will never purchase them again, and rather deal with google/android.
of course for LG that could change, once they decide to go android.

 

[Octavean]

if you go over it again. never said webOs needs a google account,
was talking about SMART (moni/tv), but should have included that things like "suggestion" (content) etc, are like "advertising" to me.

worked more than 10y in retail with tv walls having all major brands incl LG.
owned one for about a week, before returning it, as webOS is as annoying to me (changing settings on the fly etc),
as Samsungs motion processing for picture, to the point that i will never purchase them again, and rather deal with google/android.
of course for LG that could change, once they decide to go android.

It goes without saying but not all OSes used in Smart TV’s are equal. I for one never much cared for the Roku interface which is integrated in to a bnumber of cheap makes / models. Amazon has a cheap in-house Smart TV using the same android OS as their FireTV line. And so on.

LG’s WebOS was popular and had its fair share of supporters even way back when it was a Smartphone OS. There is a lot to like about it but it did have to go through some growing pains And obviously still has some issues. I was a quasi early adopter of WebOS (on Smart TVs) given the early vintage of my first LG 4K TV (2014 IIRC creeping up on that 10yr mark you mentioned).

The initial issue with that first LG Smart TV was that some apps just weren’t available. For example, it was quite some time before HBO Go became available. Same for the switch over to HBO Max but they eventually got there. Newer models should have an array of sought after apps factory installed though it’s just that there can be some lag time for newly released services. Sometimes the frequency of installed app and OS updates were too high (the opposite of what many people claim).

LG got a little overzealous with WebOS. WebOS on a Smart watch didn’t take off because no one wanted it or not enough in the face of stiff competition. Samsung’s Tizen OS actually did better in that regard. While LG may attempt to use WebOS in Smart refrigerators it’s an added unnecessary expense that many people will simply opt out of. Some people will actually like updating the OS on their refrigerator and that’s fine too. For most, the problem is when there is little to no choice in the matter. If you have a problem with choice it’s likely because you fear too many options (poor decision making skills) or have a vested interest in a given company (ie stock in the company).

I don’t care to predict the future. Doing so is a fool’s errand.